The empowerment of the crowd is enabling people on a very personal level to take action and get involved; with the effect of disrupting existing concepts of work, innovation and financing sustainably. New forms of interconnected transparency frameworks and a reliable sense for change are in high demand.

Dr. Michael Gebert is a board member of the German CrowdSourcing Association and member of the European Crowdfunding Stakeholder Forum at European Commission His PhD thesis was on CrowdSourcing / Funding and associated Risks for SMEs and Start-Ups.